“'You ain't asleep yet, Jimmy?' he says to me.
“'No,' I says, 'I've been layin'here, study-in'.'
“'That so?' he says. 'Whut about in particular?'
“'Oh nothin' in particular,' I says, 'jest studyin'.'
“He don't say anything more fur a minute; jest keepin' on makin' little marks in the dirt with the end of his stick. Then he says to me: “'Jimmy,' he says, 'I've been doin' right smart thinkin' myself.'
“'Have you?' I says.
“'Yes,' he says, 'I have. I've been thinkin' that whilst peppers make quite spicy eatin' and beans are claimed to be very nourishin' articles of food, still when taken to excess they're liable to pall on the palate, sooner or later.'
“'They certainly are,' I says.
“'Let's see,' he says. 'This is the last week in July, ain't it? Back in God's country, the first of the home-grown watermelons oughter be comin' in about now, oughten they? And in about another week from now they'll be pickin' those great big stripedy rattlesnake melons that grow in the river bottoms down below town, won't they?'
“'Yes,' I says, 'they will, ef the season ain't been rainy and set 'em back.'